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Step by step method of changing a car tyre in the middle of the road
By Ben GarciaA friend of mine, an Egyptian taxi driver, died while he was changing his car's tyre by the roadside. He was hit by a car and died instantly last year. He was 35 years old and has two small children - a very sad way to die, in a freak accident. Changing a tyre by the roadside can be a dangerous thing to do in Kuwait. This is not the first time I have heard such stories, as people being hurt or killed when their car is stopped on the...
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Twitter is power
Muna Al-Fuzai Despite the multiple social media sites and apps available today, it seems to me that in Kuwait specifically, Twitter still occupies a strong position for heated debates and criticisms on important issues of concern to citizens here, especially those related to government administration and its institutions.Is it because people can post any sharp or negative comments even when knowing that there is a law that could prolong their...
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Turkey heading in wrong 'direction' over Syria: US
Kurdish forces start Syria-Turkey border pullback TAL ABYAD: Turkey-backed Syrian fighters take over areas on the road between Tal Abyad and Kobane yesterday as Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria left several positions along the long border with Turkey, complying with a deal that sees Damascus, Ankara and Moscow carve up their now-defunct autonomous region. — AFP BRUSSELS: Turkey is "heading in the wrong direction" with its incursion into...
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Drug lord delivers blunt Lebanon protest support
Lebanese President Aoun breaks his silence BAALBEK: A week into daily demonstrations that have gone on into the early hours, the Lebanese may be in need of a pick me up - and the country's most famous drug dealer offered just that yesterday. Nouh Zaiter, a hashish dealer on the run from Lebanese authorities, delivered a blunt message in support of anti-corruption protests that have crippled the country. The self-styled Lebanese Robin Hood...
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Young Saudi prince named FM
Riyadh seeks to boost its global image, contain arch-rival Iran Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud RIYADH: Saudi Arabia appointed a prince with diplomatic experience in Western capitals as foreign minister on Wednesday in a partial cabinet reshuffle as the kingdom tries to mend its international image and prepares to take over the Group of 20 presidency. Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud had served for the last several months as ambassador to...
GRAYS: Police officers drive away a lorry in which was discovered 39 dead bodies, at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London. —AFP
Thirty-nine victims found dead in truck near London were Chinese
Three addresses in Northern Ireland raided LONDON: The 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London are believed to be Chinese nationals, police said yesterday, as they questioned the driver detained on suspicion of murder. Paramedics and police found the 31 men and eight women's bodies on Wednesday in a truck container on an industrial estate at Grays, about 20 miles east of the British capital. For years, illegal immigrants have...
DERA BABA NANAK: Sikh devotees offer prayers as they look towards the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, which is situated in Pakistan, after Joint Secretary of Indian Home Ministry SCL Das (unseen) signed an agreement with Pakistan on a visa-free India-Pakistan Kartarpur Corridor, at Dera Baba Nanak, some 50 km from Amritsar yesterday. — AFP
Pakistan, India sign deal on visa-free corridor for Sikhs
The Kartarpur Corridor deal - a rare example of cooperationISLAMABAD: Islamabad and New Delhi signed an agreement yesterday on a visa-free corridor between the two countries that will allow Sikh pilgrims in India to visit the shrine to their religion's founder, which is in Pakistan. The Kartarpur Corridor deal - a rare example of cooperation between the nuclear-armed arch-rivals - follows months of heightened tensions, mainly over the disputed...
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16 sentenced to death for burning Bangladeshi alive
FENI: Sixteen people were sentenced to death yesterday for burning alive a Bangladeshi teenager who refused to withdraw sexual assault charges against her head teacher. The case highlights what activists say is a culture of impunity over sexual violence in the South Asian country of 168 million people, as well as abuse rife in around 20,000 seminaries that educate mostly poor and rural students. Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused in kerosene and set on...
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Film-maker stirs Pakistan #MeToo debate with rape allegation
Islamabad, Pakistan : Acclaimed Pakistani film-maker Jamshed Mahmood Raza has added new momentum to the country's fledgling #MeToo movement after airing allegations that he was raped by an unnamed media tycoon. The director, who is popularly known as Jami, rocked Pakistani social media over the weekend after he published several tweets describing the alleged assault that happened 13 years ago. "Why im so strongly supporting #metoo? cuz i know...
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Rose McGowan sues Weinstein for 'diabolical' effort to silence her
US actress Rose McGowan filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Harvey Weinstein, his ex-attorneys and a private intelligence agency, alleging they conspired to discredit her when she accused the disgraced movie mogul of rape. "This case is about a diabolical and illegal effort by one of America's most powerful men and his representatives to silence sexual assault victims," the suit filed in Los Angeles federal court states. "And it is about the...
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Iran TV airs interview with jailed 'zombie' Instagrammer
Iranian state television has aired an interview with an Instagrammer famous for drastically altering her appearance through plastic surgery to look like a zombie and arrested for alleged "blasphemy". The social media celebrity known as Sahar Tabar was arrested on the orders of Tehran's Islamic guidance court on October 5 after "numerous requests from the public" for her to be detained, the broadcaster said. She faces charges including blasphemy,...
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Diwali blues hit corporate India
Asia's third-largest economy battles waning consumer demandMUMBAI: For Indian executive Bibhas Chakraborty, Diwali used to mean shiny expensive gifts from business associates keen to use the auspicious-and spectacular-Hindu festival to deepen ties. Now it's mostly sweets and nuts. As Asia's third-largest economy battles waning consumer demand, extravagant corporate gifts risk becoming a thing of the past, leaving many worried that this weekend's...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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Scholarship acceptance rates: By the numbers
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen